Requirement for environmental permit
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12.—(1) A person must not, except under and to the extent authorised by an environmental permit—
(a)operate a regulated facility; or
(b)cause or knowingly permit a water discharge activity or groundwater activity.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if the water discharge activity or groundwater activity is an exempt facility.
(3) Where a person (“A”) would, except for this paragraph, require an environmental permit to receive radioactive waste from another person (“B”) for the purpose of disposing of that waste, A does not require a permit for that receipt where—
(a)B holds an environmental permit which allows B to dispose of the waste to A; and
(b)the waste is disposed of by A in accordance with that permit.